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Generative engine optimization, AI search, and how to get cited.
Off-Page GEO: Get Cited by AI Where Your Competitors Already Are
AI cites Reddit, YouTube, and review sites far more than it cites you. Off-Page Recommendations finds the exact pages you are missing from and drafts the reply or video script to win them back.
AI Search Competitor Analysis: Find Every Prompt You're Losing
See the exact AI prompts where rivals get cited and you don't, ranked by opportunity, then turn each into publish-ready content in one click.
Per-Prompt Competitor Tracking: See Exactly Who AI Cites Instead of You
A customer asked us a question on May 20. On May 27 the answer was live in production. Here is what shipped, why it matters, and the seven-day story behind it.
How to Rank in AI Search: Inside AI Sightline's Recommendations Engine
A walkthrough of how AI Sightline's recommendations engine reads your visibility data and hands back a ranked list of things you can do to rank in AI search.
AI Citation Tracking: What It Is, Why It Matters, and What 274 Brands Just Told Us
AI search is a citation economy now. Here is what AI citation tracking actually means, what 274 brands and 390,000 logged citations taught us, and how to start showing up.
AI Overviews vs. AI Mode: Two Different Optimization Jobs
A new 846K-session clickstream study shows users behave in opposite ways in AI Overviews and AI Mode. Here's what that means for how you measure visibility.
Google Search I/O 2026: What the New AI Mode Means for Your Brand Visibility
Google just made AI Mode the default Search experience for 1 billion users and added always-on information agents. Here is what changed, what experts are saying, and how brands should respond.
GEO vs SEO: What Google's New AI Guide Gets Right (And Leaves Out)
Google's new AI guide says GEO is just SEO. That's true for Google's surfaces and dangerously incomplete for everywhere else. Here's the full picture.
Search Isn't Search Anymore: We Built the Analytics for AI Search
AI Sightline is the analytics platform for AI search: track mentions, traffic, and recommendations. Free tier, no Google Analytics required.
Why No AI Visibility Tool Sees What Your Customers See (And What to Look For Instead)
Profound says they see what customers see. Otterly, Peec, and the rest say similar things. None of it is true. Here is what AI visibility monitoring can honestly deliver, and why the closed-loop approach changes the math.
Why SEO Is Not Enough in the Age of AI
SEO is necessary for AI visibility but no longer sufficient. Here is the data on why ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Claude, and Copilot need their own playbook.
Google AI Overviews: What They Are and How They're Triggered
Google AI Overviews are AI-generated answer boxes above organic results. Here's what triggers them, which queries don't, and how to get cited.
The 8 Best AI Visibility Tools in 2026 (Honest Comparison)
Eight AI visibility tools compared honestly, including where each one wins and where it falls short. Written by the team that built one of them.
MCP 2.0: 30 Tools for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf
AI Sightline's MCP server just tripled. 30 tools now ship in the public npm package, covering visibility, recommendations, sentiment, content, and multi-brand.
Perplexity on the Samsung Galaxy S26: The New Brand Visibility Reality
AI search isn't a tab anymore, it's the operating system. Here's how Perplexity on the Samsung Galaxy S26 rewrites the brand visibility playbook.
5 Profound Alternatives Compared (2026)
A data-backed breakdown of the 5 best Profound alternatives for tracking brand visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AIO.
How to Show Up in AI Search: 15 Questions Every Brand Is Asking
Direct answers to the 15 most common questions about getting your brand visible in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and more.
Stop Guessing: AI Visibility Recommendations That Tell You Exactly What to Fix
AI Sightline now tells you exactly what to fix, why it matters, and whether it worked. No more guessing.
How Is AI Changing Search Marketing?
AI now shapes 60% of Google searches. Here's what that means for your marketing strategy and how to stay visible.
Schema Markup for AI Search: A Technical Guide
Schema markup tells AI search engines exactly what your content means. Here is how to implement it correctly and why it matters more than ever for AI visibility.
Prompts vs Keywords: Why AI Visibility Needs Both
Prompts are the questions. Keywords are the answers. Here's why tracking both is the key to AI visibility.
Perplexity SEO: How to Get Your Brand Cited in AI Search
Perplexity doesn't rank pages. It cites sources. Here's exactly how to get your brand into those citations.
GEO Audit: How to Check If AI Search Engines Can Find You
A GEO audit reveals whether AI search engines cite your brand. Here's what to check and how to fix what's broken.
ChatGPT SEO: How to Get Your Brand Cited in ChatGPT Answers
ChatGPT doesn't rank websites. It cites them. Here's how to optimize your content so ChatGPT mentions your brand in the answers your customers read.
GEO vs SEO: The Complete Guide to AI Search Optimization in 2026
SEO gets you found on Google. GEO gets you cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews. Here's what's different and how to do both.
The Best Generative Engine Optimization Tools in 2026
AI referral traffic is up 3,500% and ChatGPT controls 87% of it. Here are the best GEO tools to monitor and grow your brand's visibility in AI search.
How to Measure and Benchmark Your AI Visibility Score
Learn what an AI visibility score is, which metrics matter most, and how to benchmark your brand across AI search platforms.
How to Get Your Brand Cited by AI Search Engines: Platform-by-Platform Guide
Each AI platform has different citation rules. Learn the specific tactics for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot.
What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)? The Complete Guide
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the practice of optimizing content so AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews surface and cite your brand. Learn how GEO differs from traditional SEO and why it matters now.
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